One of the youngsters from the Fifth Avenue nest spent the afternoon around the Great Lawn and went to roost for the night in a tree nearby. Both fledglings seem very mature, and I wouldn’t be surprised if they leave home soon. They’ve provided wonderful entertainment this summer and it will be bittersweet to see them go.
The ligher colored of the two 5th Avenue fledglings was on top of the Beresford Apartments in the late afternoon before flying off towards the American Museum of Natural History in the early evening. Its mother was on the AMNH and the youngster was briefly was on an apartment building on 77th Street, before trading places with Mom.
The mother went south on Central Park South before returning to the park. About 45 minutes later, just before dark the fledgling also returned to the park.
One of the Fifth Avenue fledglings spent part of the evening on the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It started on the south side, when to the west side, played in the plants on the roof (near an electrical code violation of an exposed, outdoor AC box). It briefly tried to catch a squirrel in a tree before flying south.
What a change a few weeks makes. The once sickly fledgling is now exploring and made its way from a tree near in the Maintenance Field to the Delacorte Theater this afternoon. While only a few blocks, it is a very different area from where it has been hanging out. The theater is near the Locust Grove, a popular hunting spot of the parents.
The fledgling’s mother was on top of the Beresford Apartments, so the fledgling may just have wanted to be closer to her. In any case, it was nice to see the fledgling in new territory.
The Fifth Avenue fledgling who had been sickly looking for over a week, looked great today. Like its sibling, it has taken to roaming over a much wider range of the park, keeping hawk watchers running around after it.
While I was watching, the fledgling went from 76th and Fifth Avenue to somewhere south of Turtle Pond. Gone are the days, the two fledglings were easy to locate!
The fall bird migration has started so I walked around the Ramble and Turtle Pond today. By going out of my normal route, I was rewarded by finding both Fifth Avenue parents on the SE tower of the Beresford Apartments.
They must realize their offspring are growing up, since they seemed comfortable being on the west side, while the “kids” were on the east side of the park.
After a walk through the Ramble, and seeing a few early warblers, I found both youngsters. One twenty stories high on Fifth Avenue, and the another hunting nearby. The one hunting caught a small rodent.
